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Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 19 at 12:52 p.m.
Thread: Leafs are looking for a defensmen with a lot of term
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>oilfire</b></div><div>I mostly agree but that dead cap always finds a way to be troublesome. I expect the UFA market to be wild over the next few years, if the cap keeps going up by the maximum.

Which I expect it to do until the new CBA is signed. Bettmans a bigger troll than me.</div></div>

Hawks aren't going to be active in free agency, based on Davidson's comments, at least until the summer of '25. Bedard and Korchinski could (and may) collectively lock up $20M in cap space in the summer of '26, but still the Hawks will be so far away from the cap at that point it shouldn't be a concern even if they add a couple big names in the summer of '25 and or '26. More concerning is 4 or 5 years from now when other prospects will be due such as Oliver Moore or Frank Nazar if they develop into the players they are expected to become as high level prospects.
Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 19 at 12:39 p.m.
Thread: Leafs are looking for a defensmen with a lot of term
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>oilfire</b></div><div>I mostly agree but that dead cap always finds a way to be troublesome. I expect the UFA market to be wild over the next few years, if the cap keeps going up by the maximum.

Which I expect it to do until the new CBA is signed. Bettmans a bigger troll than me.</div></div>

I think that is part of the reason why KD is keeping everything so open ended and short term, though. He doesn't want these cap hits to get in the way of his rebuild. We have plenty of cap space and it's highly unlikely CHI goes after any big fish free agents. Especially not through trade, and most of them never make it to unrestricted free agency anyway. Two years of retention after this season, is not that bad and lines up perfectly with the expiration of Bedard and Korchinski's ELC's, along with possibly Nazar who could presumably burn the first year of his ELC at the end of this season if Michigan misses or is a quick out in the playoffs.